Scintillation characteristics of pure and T1-doped CsI crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 177-182

  Schotanus, P ^a   Kamermans, R ^a   Dorenbos, P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; CESIUM COMPOUNDS--DOPING; GAMMA RAYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

CESIUM IODIDE; DECAY TIMES;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0025417526     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.106614     Document Type: Article

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